Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect on the Union of the UK applying EU tariffs by default on all goods entering Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021.

We are committed to meeting our obligations under the Northern Ireland Protocol (the Protocol). Northern Ireland is and remains part of the UK’s customs territory. Businesses and consumers in Northern Ireland should be able to take advantage of the UK tariff at the end of the transition period.

The Protocol provides that the criteria for ‘not at risk’ goods shall be decided by the Joint Committee before the end of the Transition Period.